Amusement device



M. UNGER.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICAHON FILED Nov. s. |920.

Patented Mar. 1, 1921.

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MORRIS UNGER, 0F PITTSBURGH, IENNSYLVANIA.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 1, 1921.

Application led November 8, 1920. Serial No. 422,471.

To allwzom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MORRIS UNGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Amusement Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to amusement devices and more particularly to apparatuses of this character which simulate a horse race.

One of the main objects of the invention is to provide an apparatus of this character in which different sets of horses are made to race in parallel and endless tracks. A further object is to provide means for selectively increasing or decreasing the speed of each individual set of horses so as to create the impression of competitive race between the occupants of the various sets of horses. Another object isto provide an apparatus of simple construction and operation which may be installed at small cost. Further objects will appear from the detailed description.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of my device, shown partly in section, and built in accordance" with my invention.

Fig. 2 -is a top plan view of one of the horse-carrying trucks, with the horse omitted.

Fig. 3 is an end view corresponding to Fig. 4 is a front elevation showing my preferred mechanism for oscillating the horses.

Fig. 5 is a top plan view, showing a section of the iloor and rails of the endless track used in this invention.

Referring to the drawings, the moving -part of my amusement device consists of the truck frame 1 mounted on the four wheels 2 pressed and keyed on the axles 3 and @L journaled in the bearings 5 secured to the frame. Fixedly mounted on one of the axles is a bevel gear 6 which engages a second bevel gear 7 secured on a shaft 8 journaled centrally and longitudinally of the truck in the bearings 9 and 10 mounted on the cross members 11 and 12 positioned on the lower side of the frame.

An eccenter 13 is secured on the shaft 8, outwardly of the bearing 9, and is engaged by the flanged roller 14 rotatably mounted cated by the numeral 24.. The horse is further supported'by means of an adjustable brace-rod 25 which rockably connects the forward under-girth of the horse to a stztionary lug 26 provided on the standar 20.

As will be readily understood, the plunger rod 17 will be moved up and down by the rotation of the eccenter and, owing to the brace-rod 25, the horse will occupy the forwardly inclined position indicated in dot and dash' lines upon reaching its uppermost position. The inclination of the horse will. be reversed as the plunger reaches its lowest position. y

The resulting movement of the horse is therefore a combined up and down .and forward and backward inclined motion which greatly resembles the motion of a trotting horse.

Any desired number of such horse-carrying trucks may be run on the several parallel endless tracks A, B, and C. The various trucks are connected together by suitable links 26 swingingly mounted on the link-pins 27- secured at each end of the truck frames. Suitable collars 28 are provided to keep these links in position.

The motive power required for actuating each set of trucks may be derived from any suitable source of power which is adapted for locomotion, such as internal combustion engines, storage batteries or electric motors. ln .my drawings I have shown the truck provided with an electric motor 29 which obtains itsl power from the electric lines 30 mounted on the insulating blocks 31 fastened to the rail cross ties 32. The power is transmitted from the motor to the wheelaxle 3 by means of a suitable chain or belt 33 which connects the driving member 34 with the chain-wheel or pulley 35 securely mounted on the axle 3.

The current in the different lines may be easily varied by an operator from the controller 36 rovided with a control-handle 37 for each circuit. By means of this controller the operator can optionally vary the speed on the various VYtracks thereby creating among the riding public the sensation of a real horse race.

When the motive power is derived from an internal explosion motor, the speed of the trucks vmay be varied by the operator by changing the ratio of the ower transmission between the motor an the driven axle. For this purpose an one of the many speed changing methods nown tothe art may be employed and therefore need notbe dealt With in detail in this application. `As will be understood, not every truck needs be provided with a driving motor; I have found, by actual practice, that it is suflicient to provide only every fourth or fifth Atruck with a motor; the intermediate trucks being considered as trailers.

Y.To facilitate the access of the public to the horses, l provide a wooden flooring 38 which covers the tracks and trucks. Suitable slots 39 are provided in the floors to allow for the .passage of the standards 2() and the link-pins 27.

While I have illustrated and described herein the preferred embodiment of my invention, and one which I have found .by actual use to be verypr'actical, it may be found desirable after continued ex erience to make slight changes in constructwn and arrangement of the details Yofmy invention,

and I intend to include in this application all such variations as fall within the scope of the appended claims,

What I claim'is:

1. In an amusement device of the charact'er described, the combination of a track, a plurality of interlinked trucks movable on said track at selective speeds; propelling means carried by said trucks; a bevel gear securely mounted on one revolving axle of said trucks; an eccenter securel on a shaft centrally and longitu inally disposed on said trucks and driven by thebevel gear on said axle; a vertical rod reciprocatingly actuated by said eccenter andan animal dummy roc ably mounted' on the upper' end of said vertical rod.

2. In an amusement device of the character described, the combination of 'a track,

a` plurality of interlinked trucks movable mounted thereon at selective speeds; propelling means carried by said trucks; means for transmitting the power from said propelling means to the axles of said trucks; a bevel gear securely mounted on one revolving axle of said trucks; an eccenter securely mounted on a shaft centrally and longitudinally disposed on said trucks and driven by the bevel gear on said axle; a vertical rod reciprocatingly actuated by said eccenter and an animal dummy rockably mounted on the upper end of said vertical rod.

3. In an amusement device of the character described, the combination of a plurality of parallel endless tracks, a plurality of groups of 4interlinked trucks movable on each individual track aty selective speeds, propelling means carried by said trucks means for transmitting the power from said propelling means to the axles of said trucks; a bevel gear securely mounted on one revolving axle of said trucks; an eccenter securely mounted on a shaft centrallyfand longitudinally disposed on said trucks and driven by the bevel gear on said axle; a ver tical rod reciprocatingly actuated by said eccenter and an animal dummy rockably moounted on the upper end of said vertical r l 4. In an amusement device of the character described, the combination of a plurality of parallel endless tracks, a plurality, of groups of interlinked trucks movable on each individual track at selective speeds, propelling means carried by said trucks; means for transmitting the power from said propelling means to the axles of said trucks; a bevel gear securely mounted on one revolving. axle of said trucks; an eccenter securely mounted on a shaft centrally and longitudinally disposed on said trucks and driven by the bevel gear on said axle; a vertical rod reciprocatingly yactuated vby said eccenter and an animal dummy rockably mounted on the upper end of said vertical rod;v a floor coverlng said .tracks and trucks, and slots provided in said floor to permit the passage of the protruding parts of said trucks.

MORRIS UNGER. 

